On this day in 1883, 137 years ago, in an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 1875 Civil Rights Act, which gave African Americans the right to equal access to public accommodations ...

The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875 went into effect during the waning days of Reconstruction. ... though, until the Supreme Court ruled in 1883 that it was unconstitutional.

Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation. It outlaws racial discrimination in public accommodations -- hotels, transportation, opera houses ...

On this day in 1875, the House passed a civil rights act by a vote of 162-99. ... many federal judges declared it to be unconstitutional even before the Supreme Court definitively shut it down.

But that didn't happen — and wouldn't for decades — in part because of decisions handed down by the Supreme Court, which declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional in 1883.

To be fair, all of America mostly ignored the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Although it was perhaps the most far-reaching legislation passed by Congress during the Reconstruction period following the ...

When the Supreme Court finally declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, Frederick Douglass, amid an outpouring of outrage, advised that we must first take a collective deep breath.

"By 1883, (Southern Democrats) had amassed enough power to overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1875." The U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 8-1 declared the civil rights law unconstitutional, ...

Eventually, the Supreme Court declares the Civil Rights Law of 1875 unconstitutional in the civil rights cases of 1883, ... they do pass the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

House approves Civil Rights Act, Feb. 4, 1875 By Andrew Glass. 02/04/2010 04:39 AM EST. Link Copied. On this day in 1875, the House passed a Civil Rights Act by a vote of 162-99. After the Senate ...